[ltp] two questions -- 600E / X / RAM

[Tino Keitel]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 11:50:00 -0400, Mark Nye wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> One------------------------------
> 
> I posted a month or so ago about a problem I was having with X crashing 
> on my 600E running RH7.2. A number of you replied and/or contacted me 
> directly about this problem (thanks!), and I wanted you all to know that I've 
> found a solution:
> 
> One line added to the "Device" section of XF86Config-4...
> 
> Option          "XaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill"
> (This came from Thomas Hood's "Linux on an IBM Thinkpad 600 and 600X" page.)
> 
> The difference was extreme. I went from 3 or 4 X hangs a day to zero crashes 
> since I updated XF86Config-4 over three weeks ago. Now, I'm completely happy 
> to accept that this DOES work, and leave it at that. But...does anyone happen 
> to know WHY it works...?
> 
> Two--------------------------------
> 
> Does anyone have any input on what should be considered a minimum amount of 
> memory for running Linux with the KDE desktop? 
> 
> I started with 64MB, and have recently added another 64MB. The extra memory, 
> in conjunction with weeding out my unneeded processes, has made an 
> improvement--but the system still seems to be a bit sluggish. WilI I see a 
> difference if I add more RAM, or should I be barking up a different tree?

128 MB should be enough for KDE, I won't run much faster with 256 MB. There is
nothing you can do, KDE _is_ damn slow.

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